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Congratulations, you’ve (almost) made it to 2017! As 2016 comes to end, we’re taking a look back at some of the top maritime stories making

The port of Antwerp says it expects to close 2016 a record volume of more than 214 million tonnes of freight handled helped by growing contain volume and

BEIJING, Dec 29 (Reuters) – If people want to come and look at China’s first aircraft carrier, they are very welcome, the defence ministry said on

MILAN/SEOUL, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Italian shipbuilding and construction group Fincantieri SpA is the only bidder for shipping group STX France, a source

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Russia expanded its search on Monday for the remains of a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea,

Nine crew members have been rescued from a grounded general cargo ship that has run aground and is leaking oil in Andros, Greece.  The Hellenic Coast

BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) – China’s first aircraft carrier will carry out drills in the Western Pacific, in what the navy called part of routine

STX France and MSC Cruises have announced they have finalized the contracts for two new 177,000-ton cruise ships for MSC. The two next-generation ships will be

By Jung Park (Bloomberg) — As if investors in Asia’s troubled corporate bond markets don’t have enough to worry about, concern is mounting about

Seven people are believed to have been killed in an apparent rocket attack on a Iranian cargo ship in the Red Sea off Yemen, Pakistani sources are reporting.

Two Maersk offshore supply vessels have sunk off the coast of France during a tow to a ship recycling yard in Turkey where they were due to be scrapped.

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The next industry casualty of the Hanjin collapse may not be a carrier, but a major non-operating containership owner.

The world’s first Very Large Ethane Carrier (VLEC) has loaded its first cargo of US-produced ethane at Enterprise Products Partner’s Morgan’s Point

By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo ships on key Asian routes could diverge with rates from Brazil

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Two hundred and one containerships and just under 700,000 container slots have been scrapped this year. According to

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners is set to consider an offer from a unit of Mediterranean Shipping Company to purchase Hanjin Shipping’s

OTTAWA, Dec 21 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday slammed an agreement made with Canada to ban offshore Arctic drilling, saying Ottawa’s plan

Scottish authorities have approved a massive £350 million expansion project for the port of Aberdeen as the port positions itself to handle larger vessels

A niche bank for the shipping and offshore sectors has opened for business in Norway after years of planning. Starting Wednesday, December 20, 2016, Maritime

By Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) — Kinder Morgan Inc. will have to address the fate of one more group before completing its Trans Mountain pipeline